| Location | Williamsport, Maryland |
FirstEnergy
FirstEnergy at a Glance
We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers' lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.
FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,500 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of 3,780 megawatts.
About the Opportunity
This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [SC00]
The Construction Site Coordinator (CSC) has responsibility to coordinate and supervise pre-construction, construction, and post-construction activities for Transmission and Distribution substation and line projects.
This position can be based out of Williamsport, MD; Frederick, MD or Martinsburg, WV service territories.
Responsibilities Include:
- Fostering a high performing safety culture through personal conduct and utilization of human performance principles.
- Participating with the project team to develop the contractor bid packages and simultaneously assist the team in reviewing the received bids.
- Participating in pre-bid meetings, document, and follow up on the action points.
- Performing constructability reviews. Reviewing the conceptual scope with the entire project team and the project manager. Conducting preliminary site reviews and gather local expertise feedback on various aspects of the project.
- Coordinating the material request, need date & location, delivery and verification of materials at the project site, staging, and monitoring for contractor use.
- Coordinating staking of structures, wetlands and vegetation as part of the project's scope assessment. Ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards and specifications.
- Inspecting work performed by contractors against design and construction standards.
- Documenting project site meetings with contractors that address issues such as safety, performance, quality control, or adherence to construction schedules.
- Ensuring all the stakeholders have necessary permit copies.
- Maintaining digital / printed copy of the red line drawings of the project site.
- Participating in contractor evaluation, project review meetings and meetings concerning "lessons learned." Reviewing the construction schedule and outage strategies.
- Verifying critical contractor field testing, including but not limited to soil compaction, concrete (slump) testing, cylinder testing, and grounding testing.
- Performing post energization testing and identify long term incomplete items.
Qualifications include:
- Bachelors in Construction Management, or related technical field with 8 years' experience in commercial or industrial construction required.
- In lieu of degree, 12 years' of experience in commercial or industrial construction required.
- Ability to provide constructability review feedback for projects through initial and detailed engineering plans review. Proactively identifies potential issues relating to all facets of project construction and safety and offers suitable alternatives to design teams.
- Ability to lead construction related scope change discussions with vendors' site representatives. Ability to provide expert construction input during the scope development phase of the project.
- Ability to provide input on the timing of construction activities and milestones during the development phase of the projects.
- Ability to Mentor junior CSC's in relationship to all Time Management activities. Ability to review schedules and identify unreasonable durations, missing logical links, or potential ideas for improvement on time performance.
- Ability to provide input on the cost of construction activities, and that related to access, matting, and other means and methods driven costs, during the development phase of the projects.
- Ability to Mentor junior CSC's in relationship to all Cost Management activities. Ability to review schedules and identify unreasonable durations, missing logical links, or potential ideas for improvement on time performance.
- Document project quality outcomes and lessons learned in a format suitable for comparison and analysis. Mentor junior CSC's in respect to quality standards, interpretation of quality requirements and other quality control and assurance knowledge.
- Document project re